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Two Small Growers Form Unusual Partnership

September 16, 2016 Carolyn Miller, Visual Information Specialist, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Connecticut

When you meet farmers Gordon Bednarz and Brenda Sullivan, two words come to mind —polar and opposites. But the pair has joined forces in a unique way – sharing land and growing food as partners, without a formal partnership. And it’s working! He is the owner of Bednarz Farm in his hometown of...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Continuing Lincoln's Charge: USDA Serving the People

September 16, 2016 Sam Rikkers, Administrator, Rural Business and Cooperative Service

When President Lincoln established the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) more than 150 years ago, he called it “the People’s Department” because USDA addresses the vital interests of the people. Now, more than ever, it is necessary for USDA to collaborate across federal agencies and into local...

Rural

West Virginia: After the Flooding Neighbors Helping Neighbors Get the Food They Need

September 16, 2016 Eliot DeLaCruz Kriviski, Program Analyst, Food and Nutrition Service

It was late July in Greenbrier County, W.Va., almost one month to the day since torrential rain and flooding struck most of the state. In response to the disaster, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service approved the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR)...

Conservation Food and Nutrition